Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overtaking needs a bit more planning , but for those who have long since given up the chase and opted for a more dignified life , this is a lot of car for the money plus a BMW badge to ride behind . |
| 2 | Soldiers had since picked up the habit of wine-drinking in France during the war and upon returning to England had educated the middle classes , further increasing the popularity of Champagne in the immediate post-war years . |
| 3 | But I think they 've more or less given up the ghost . |
| 4 | She had long given up the tussle with French and lapsed into straight English ( which Therese , damn it , was supposed to understand ) . |
| 5 | Although such heresies were far more common in America and in England than they were in Ulster , Ulster Protestants knew of these postures and could see that their own denominations were in formal organizational contact with other churches which did not move to sack ministers and theologians who had obviously given up the traditional beliefs affirmed at their ordinations . |
| 6 | Without another word , Bert Rafferty gently picked up the frightened child and made towards the cliff . |
| 7 | He had foolishly picked up the trolleys from a nearby supermarket and threw them . |
| 8 | The claims so built up the expectations for ZETA after the first conference that the subsequent news was perceived as ‘ failure ’ . |
| 9 | Apart from that , life had taught her to pry because sometimes doing so turned up the most surprising things . |
| 10 | Lightning suddenly lit up the house , and I saw who it was . |
| 11 | The bed was untidy , as though she had merely pulled up the covers . |
| 12 | I mean , why have you suddenly brought up the subject of Elise ? ’ |
| 13 | We need land at our doorstep … if Russia does not want to give it to us , she will force us to undertake an expropriation proceeding , i.e. a war , for which we have long stored up the reasons … |
| 14 | I wondered where you 'd got , we did ring one night couple of weeks ago but we did n't get an answer and I said well I did n't know whether you 'd perhaps popped up the club . |
| 15 | I suppose I 'd better put up the notice . ’ |
| 16 | The Inquisition was an ineffective irritant , slow and erratic in its procedures ; it merely put up the price of books , forcing readers to all sorts of subterfuges in order to consume often out-dated heresies . |
| 17 | The theme of Stalingrad was becoming rapidly a major embarrassment to the propagandists , especially those on the Wehrmacht staff , who had prematurely whipped up the victory atmosphere in September . |
| 18 | Fedelma has only started up the business since beginning the course and has found it a ‘ great practical help ’ . |
| 19 | We bade farewell to the wild deer and , with the wind behind us , crossed Taransay Sound and gently cruised up the fjord-like approach towards civilization . |
| 20 | When I checked up on his progress I was startled to find that he had not only planted up the four pots but his red wellington boots as well , liberally watering both them and himself and then garnishing with sprigs of a semi-dormant fuchsia as a finishing touch . |
| 21 | By the early 1830s the very ‘ glut ’ of petitions so held up the normal business of the day that , although an exceptional petition like that of the ladies could make an impression , the House of Commons acted to refer petitions to a committee and deny immediate speech on them on the floor of the House . |
| 22 | Doc Threadneedle slowly turned up the lights . |
| 23 | I have only just plucked up the courage to write to you after a year and a half of reading ZZAP ! |
| 24 | Carrie had already gathered up the baby 's toiletries in her arms and she left the room without answering him . |
| 25 | Gen. Saw Maung , the Prime Minister and Chair of the ruling military State Law and Order Restoration Council ( SLORC ) , who was believed to be in poor mental and physical health , relinquished the post of Defence Minister on March 20 , having already given up the Foreign Affairs portfolio in September 1991 [ see p. 38440 ] . |
| 26 | and we 've already given up the essentials in your life the two nine one seven per year which of these will be left to be paid ? |
| 27 | As their 35ft yacht , the Blue Doublet , bobbed about on the choppy waters , Commander Tim Laurence finally plucked up the courage to pop the question . |
| 28 | Plummer finally plucked up the receiver . |
| 29 | If it was the battery it must have finally given up the ghost , because there was n't even the faintest wheeze or whisper from the starter motor . |
| 30 | ‘ They put a delayed payment on it — and we have just picked up the cheque . ’ |